Obtaining of grain and like effect in painting



W. BERRY.

OBTAINING 0F GRAIN AND LIKE EFFECT IN PAINTING.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 16. I919.

1 .,416 325, Patented; May 16, 1922.

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2 Even/W01 PATENI WILLIAM BERRY, 0F CLEVELEYS, NEAR BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND.

OBTAINING OF GRAIN AND LIKE EFFECT IN PAINTING.

Application filed December 16, 1919.

To aZZ w ham it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM BERRY, a subjectof the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Rossall Road,Cleveleys, near Blackpool, England, decorative painter, have inventedcertain new and use ful Improvements Relating to the Obtaining of Grainand like Effects in Painting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the obtaining of grain and like effects inpainting, and has for its object to provide an improved process ashereinafter described and claimed for obtaining such effects in anefficient and ready manner.

According to my invention, the surface to be painted and grained, afterpreparation in the usual manner, is provided with a ground or basecolour, but before the surface colour is painted over the base colour, Igroove the wood or material being painted with disc or like rotarycutters, having, if desired, cross cuts on their peripheries to give anyparticular cross markings required. The grooving of the surface havingbeen accomplished, the surface coat of paint is applied thereto. Thewood or material is then wiped whilst the surface paint is still wet, sothat such paint remains only in the hollows or grooves but is removedfrom the projecting ribs be tween the grooves. I thus obtain a veryeffective graining of the wood and can pro duce any desired markings.

Figure 1 is an end view and Figure 2 a front view of the graining toolused in the carrying out of my invention. Figure 3 illus trates one ofthe discs of the tool.

The tool or instrument I prefer to employ for grooving purposes, is ofthe form illu trated at Figure 1 and comprises a shaft or Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Serial No. 345,423.

handle a with a pin or spindle a supported gnereon carrying a plurality,or discs (1., each iree upon the spindle, washers or distance pieces dof any desired thickness being provided between the discs or between oneset of discs and the next set on the one spindle. The dlscs may havecross cuts upon their peripheries to give irregular cross markings inthe grain such as are found in the oak 6r like wood, of which the grainis being copied. Figure 3 shows one form of cutter disc 0. The discs areof small diameter so that the operator can work into the corners andborders of the articles being painted and. grained. The number of discsin the tool or instrument be varied to suit any particular services orrequirements.

I may also use a tool such as is shown at Fig. 2.

Tools such as before described and illus trated have heretofore beenproposed for graining wood.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is I Process for producing grain and likeeffects on Wood or other material. charactea ized in this. that the woodor material. to he grained is first provided with a ground color whichis allowed to set, secondly has grooves formed therein by disc or likecutters to correspond with the pattern of the desired grain markings,thirdly has a surface coat of paint applied to the grooved wood, andfourthly has the surface paint removed. by wiping, except from thegrooves in. which it remains as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM BERRY.

